Learn Place Value Counting With Cubes

Cubic method is one of the simplest ways to learn the place value of numbers. This is done by counting the cubes.

In the below image, one cube represents ‘ones’. 10 ‘ones’ is equal to one ‘tens’.

10 Ones = 1 Tens

Similarly, 10 ‘tens’ is equal to 1 ‘hundreds’.

10 Tens = 1 Hundreds

Example 1:

31 = 3 Tens + 1 Ones.

We have 3 tens and 1 ones which makes 31. This can be written as 3 x 10 + 1 x 1. Thus the place value of a number can be found easily, with this method, by counting the cubes. Let us see another example.

Example 2:

125 = 1 Hundred + 2 Tens + 5 Ones.

We have 1 hundred, 2 tens and 5 ones which makes 125. It can be written as 1 x 100 + 2 x 10 + 5 x 1. Try practicing with few more numbers using this cubic method to understand the concept better.